Alien Knights

"Todd, you don't understand Sutherland's vision, and I don't mean to blame you. But maybe you can try to think about what the world will look like in the end."

Eliade's words caused Todd to fall silent.

Todd looked at the children running and playing outside the tent, slowly sat down next to Eliade, and said calmly: "You brought me here not just to talk about this, tell me, what is your purpose?" What?"

Eliade rubbed his sore knees: "It wasn't my idea to bring you here."

Todd frowned: "Not you? Sutherland?"

Eliade: "If it hadn't been for the sage's decision, I would never have brought him here if it were anyone else."

Todd asked: "Then why did Sutherland want me to come here?"

Eliade: "He didn't tell me the reason. He just said, let you take a look here and you will understand."

Puzzled, Todd turned his attention to the front, where he saw rolling mountains, endless grasslands, and tents scattered everywhere.

Accompanied by the genial and warm breeze, carefree children were playing and quarreling on the grass. The elderly sat together, watching the cattle and sheep grazing, and chatting loudly about their home affairs.

To Todd, it all felt so comfortable and so...familiar.

Sitting on the sand, Todd completely relaxed. He straightened his legs and let out a long breath.

Eliade sat next to Todd. As he got older, he slowly closed his eyes, and snoring gradually began to sound in his nose.

Todd glanced helplessly at the old man, then turned his attention to the scenery in front of him, slowly forgetting the passage of time.

Todd sat there until the sun set and the moon rose.

Eliade finally woke up. He stretched and said slowly, "I haven't slept for such a long time in a long time."

The old man looked down and saw that a coat had slipped off his body.

Looking at Todd, who was only wearing a single coat, Eliade picked up the coat, handed it back to him, and asked, "Have you understood anything after looking at it for so long?"

Todd shook his head: "No, I still don't understand why Sutherland asked me to come here."

Eliad waved his hand and dismissed the foreigners who had been guarding him. He stood up and walked back, saying: "If you don't understand, just come here a few more times... Next time you come back, you don't need me." Lead the way, they already know you.”

Todd caught up with Eliade and said, "I want to meet Sutherland."

Eliade shook his head and said: "Sutherland will not see you, at least not now, but I will bring your request to him."

Todd looked at Eliade's leaving back, his face solemn and silent.

Dusk City, Waiheke Island Trading Post.

The originally desolate island has now been fully developed.

Various buildings were built rapidly on the island. Shops and houses in commerce, handicrafts, warehousing, service and other industries filled every corner of the island.

In the words of a citizen of Muxi: "There is no room on Waiheke Island for even a small apartment."

Between Waiheke Island and Muxi Port, the Ocean Tribe built a large number of buildings along the water, including the Mermaid Tribe's Coral Palace, the Shark Tribe's Great Reef, the Flounder Tribe's Snail House, and so on.

Due to the increasing number of marine races, Muxi City had to remodel its port. Muxi Port now only accommodates small barges and low-speed cargo ships, while large ocean-going ships docked at Waiheke Island Port. This also indirectly stimulated secondary development of the island.

"Dendrobium Pearl" is a tavern located next to the port of Waiheke Island.

The pub is not big, with only about fifty seats in the lobby and bar.

However, this tavern is always full, and it is often necessary to reserve a seat more than a month in advance.

Speaking of the reasons, on the one hand it is because of the cool-dressed and beautiful mermaid waitresses, on the other hand it is because this tavern is the private property of Rita, the richest person in the Ocean Tribe, and everyone who pursues wealth People all want to try their luck here and get even a little bit of cooperation possibility.

Today, the leader of the shark people, Yege, led several strong tribesmen, pushed aside the customers queuing up at the entrance of the tavern, and walked straight into the door of the Dendrobium tavern under the gaze of people who dared not speak with anger.

Throwing the two hemp bags on the ground, Yeager shouted at the top of his voice: "Deal!"

A familiar mermaid maid swam from the seawater channel at the end of the tavern.

Swimming to the side of the sack, the maid opened a corner of the sack with a look of disgust, looked at the ore and coral stuffed inside, and said angrily: "We said it last time, if you want to trade, you must start from Come in through the back door, this is the customer’s entrance!”

Yege scratched his dorsal fin indifferently: "Customers, we, drink!"

The maid rolled her eyes and directed the two mermaid men to push the sack into the waterway and pull it behind.

The maid turned her head and warned Yege: "There is a distinguished guest in the store. If you don't want to be thrown out, please be quiet!"

Yege shook his head in annoyance, and the fangs in his mouth were particularly dazzling: "We, the guests! Who are..."

Seeing the people sitting at the bar of the tavern, Yege suddenly stopped shouting and stood there blankly.

Three Valkyries wearing leather armor and carrying bows and swords were standing at the bar, talking condescendingly to the mermaid woman.

All the other guests on the bar slipped away, like quails in late autumn, hiding far away and not daring to speak.

Yege shrank his neck, made a gesture, and sneaked to the wall with his tribe.

The leader of the Valkyrie has a dragon-shaped mark carved on her golden feather crown. The black dragon badge she wears on her chest has complex patterns and rune characters that the Ocean Race has never seen before.

Only those knowledgeable people in Muxi City may know that this Valkyrie comes from the Guards of the Holy King and is an elite among the Valkyries.

"Let me tell you again, starting from today, Muxi City will close the port, and no outsiders will be allowed to enter the port area."

The mermaid woman at the bar is the manager of this tavern and the personal maid of the patriarch Rita.

She was smart. After hearing the Valkyrie's order, she had no doubts or opinions. She just said respectfully: "Everything must be obeyed by the Holy King."

Valkyrie nodded, seemingly satisfied with the other person's attitude.

The mermaid store manager glanced at Valkyrie out of the corner of his eye and found that she was in a good mood, so he asked carefully: "Dear Sir, if there are tribesmen in the ocean who come to seek refuge with us, can they come in?"

Valkyrie shook her head and said: "No one is allowed to enter the port. If she must enter Muxi City, she can first go to the temporary port in Lone Rock City. There is a checkpoint there. Apply there, accept review, and wait for orders."

The mermaid clan leader wanted to ask something else, but suddenly a deafening sound of horns resounded over the entire Waiheke Island.

"It's an enemy alert!"

Valkyrie's expression changed, she stood up straight and walked towards the door, shouting to the people around her: "Bring out the gryphon! What are those guys on the patrol doing?!"